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A Female Baloch Lawyer Killed in a Shooting by Unknown Armed Assailants in Zahedan

On the evening of Tuesday, December 3, 2024, a female Baloch lawyer was targeted by unknown armed assailants on Bozorgmehr Street in Zahedan. The attack occurred as she was exiting her car and was fired upon by passengers of a Pride vehicle. She was critically injured after being shot...

Two Fuel Carriers Killed in a Collision and Fire in Bazman

On the evening of Saturday, December 2, 2024, a collision and subsequent fire involving a Peugeot 405 and a fuel-carrying Pride car on the Masjed Abolfazl to Bazman road resulted in the death of two fuel carriers, Mehrzad Hosseinzahi and Mehrdad Hosseinzahi, along with the sole occupant of the...

Arrest of a Baloch Citizen by IRGC Intelligence Forces in Chabahar

On the morning of Sunday, December 1, 2024, IRGC intelligence forces raided the home of a Baloch citizen in Chabahar, arresting him without presenting a warrant or charging him with any crime. He was subsequently taken to an undisclosed location. The arrested individual has been identified as Behrouz Dinarzehi, also...

Arrest of Three Baloch Citizens in Chabahar and the Publication of Forced Confessions After 25 Days

On Thursday, November 7, 2024, three Baloch citizens were arrested by plainclothes agents of the Intelligence Office in the market area of Chabahar and subsequently transferred to the Intelligence Office detention center in Zahedan. Twenty-five days later, on Monday, December 2, their forced confessions were broadcast on state-affiliated media. The...

Sabah Bandoui BHRG Representative in UN

According to the Balochistan Human Rights Group, Sabah Bandoui, a representative of the organization, raised alarm over the systematic violations of cultural, linguistic, and religious rights of the Baloch people in Iran during a session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. This speech, shared as a...

BHRG November 2024 Newsletter

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Killing of a Baloch Teenager in a Shooting by Security Forces in Nikshahr

On the evening of Friday, November 29, 2024, security forces fired at a car carrying a Baloch teenager and two others near the Zangutan River in Nikshahr County. Ismail Balochi, 15 years old, was shot in the heart and died instantly. The security forces opened fire without warning and unlawfully...

Death of a Baloch Citizen in Bambur Police Station and Military Forces’ Fabricated Narrative

On November 28, 2024, Elyas Narouei, a 37-year-old resident of Shamsabad in Bambur, visited Police Station 11 to follow up on his confiscated car documents. While there, he was reportedly harassed by officers. In reaction, he attempted to take a handgun from one of the officers. However, he was...

Execution of Two Baloch Prisoners in Yazd

At dawn on Thursday, November 28, 2024, the death sentences of two Baloch prisoners, identified as Davood Mohammadi Takht-Shah (Dahmardeh), 33, and Osman Dahmardeh, 26, were carried out in Yazd Prison. The two individuals, along with another prisoner, had been transferred to solitary confinement on Tuesday, November 26, in...

Statement by Human Rights Organizations Condemning Death Sentences and Supporting Varisheh Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi

In the name of life, in the name of humanity, in the name of beauty. These are the opening words of a letter written by Varisheh Moradi, a political prisoner and one of the thousands of brave Kurdish women, from inside Evin Prison. These words echo the voices of women...